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Gender and Cultural Studies

Below are suggested resources to use when researching a Gender and Cultural Studies topic. For research strategies and techniques, visit the resources linked from the menu at the left.

Getting Started | Finding Articles | Getting Fulltext | Demographics

Specific Research Topics: Culture | Feminism | Gender Identity | Gender Roles | GLBTQ | Healthcare & Medicine | History | Law | Literature | Mental Health | Spirituality & Religion | Women's Issues

Getting Started

Before jumping in and looking for research, it is a good idea to have a refined topic and to know a little about it. Start with broad resources like encyclopedias, bibliographies, and handbooks to start to get a sense of what is available on your topic in the universe of information.

The Men's Bibliography
http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/

Reader's guide to lesbian and gay studies
HQ75.15 .R43 2000

VoS Gender and Sexuality
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2711#id1810

Women's Studies Encyclopedia
HQ1115 .W645 1999

Finding Articles

Search the following indexes to find articles on the topic of Gender and Cultural Studies. See individual Resources by Subject guides for more specific indexes covering topics within the broader field of Gender and Cultural Studies.

Academic Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary periodical database that includes indexing and abstracting both scholarly and popular content covering academic areas including social sciences, humanities, education, information science,engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical science, and cultural studies.Some coverage goes as far back as 1965, and over 4,000 titles are included fulltext. Use the Advanced Search for a more precise search!

Contemporary Women's Issues
Focused on timely, relevant, and meaningful information on women, this resource indexes more than 1,500 sources, both periodical and non-periodical. It covers from 1992 - present, including links to fulltext, providing access to global information in women in over 150 countries. Use the Advanced Search for a more precise search!

gender INN
A searchable database providing access to over 8,300 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature.

Gender Watch
A full-text database that covers diverse subjects on women's issues. Including content from more than 150 academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports. Contains many archived materials, some dating to 1980. Use the Advanced Search for a more precise search!

GLBT Life
Indexes content from about 600 sources, 1977 - present, including scholarly, popular, electronic, and internet publications of the GLBT press. Covers history, culture, social issues, interests, and concerns of the GLBT community. indexing publications addressing the social, legal, economic, political, cultural, historical, literary, and health concerns of the GLBT community. Use the Advanced Search for a more precise search!

Sociological Abstracts
This is a key resource for finding published research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations, from 1963 - present. Use the Advanced Search for a more precise search!

Studies on Women Abstracts
Ref HQ1180.S78

Viva: a Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals
Indexes women's and gender history published in historical and women's studies journals. Articles in English, French, German, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages are selected from 180 European, American, Canadian, Asian, Australian and New Zealand journals. Content published from 1975 onwards.

Women and Social Movements
Documentary projects are published at regular intervals throughout the year, somewhat like an online journal, bringing together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities.

Women's Studies Index
Ref HQ1180 .W65

Getting Fulltext

Because not all indexes are fulltext--or 100% fulltext--you may have to look elsewhere to find an article for which you have a citation. Consult the resources below to find out how to get access to the articles you need.

Demographics and Statistics

Statistics and demographics are important to many research projects, but they can be hard to find. Try some of the resources below when looking for statistics. If you still cannot find what you need, contact a librarian.

All About Women Consumers
HC110.C6 A44

American men: who they are & how they live
HQ1090.3 .A457 2002

American Women: Who They Are and How They Live
HQ1421 .S486 2002

Genderstat
http://genderstats.worldbank.org/home.asp

Statistical Abstract of the United States
HA202 .U5
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

Statistical Universe
Simmons E-Resource

The women's atlas of the United States
G1201.E1 G5 1995

The world's women, 2005 : progress in statistics
HQ1154.W675 2006

Finding information on Specific Research Topics

For more information on more specific topics within the discipline of Gender and Cultural Studies, see the categories below. And, as always, contact a librarian if you need further assistance.

Culture

CultureGrams
GT150 .C85 2002

The dictionary of global culture
CB9 .D53 1997

The new dictionary of cultural literacy
AG5 .H757 2002

St. James encyclopedia of popular culture
E169.1 .S764 2000

Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life
GN333 .W67 1998

Feminism

Dictionary of Feminist Theory
Ref HQ1115 .H86 1995

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/

A Feminist Dictionary
Ref HQ1115 .K73 1985

Feminist Theory Website
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/

Historical Dictionary of Feminism
Ref HQ1115 .B65 2004

Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Postfeminism
Ref HQ1115 .R68 2000

Gender Identity

A Guide to Transgender Resources
http://www.transbib.org/

National Transgender Library and Archives
http://www.gender.org/ntgla/index.html

Transgender 101
http://lgbtrc.ucr.edu/trans_101

Gender Roles

About Gender
http://www.gender.org.uk/about/

American masculinities: a historical encyclopedia
HQ1090.3 .A453 2003

Encyclopedia of Women and Gender
Q1115 .E43 2001

International Handbook on Gender Roles
HQ1075 .I58 1993

Men and masculinities : a social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia
HQ1090.3 .M436 2004

The nature of woman: an encyclopedia & guide to the literature
HQ1115 .W37

GLBTQ

Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia
HQ75 .H63 1997

Gay histories and cultures : an encyclopedia
HQ75.13 .G37 2000

glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture
http://www.glbtq.com/

Handbook of lesbian and gay studies
HQ75.15 .H36 2002

Lesbian histories and cultures : an encyclopedia
HQ75.5 .L4395 2000

St. James Press gay & lesbian almanac
HQ76.3.U5 S75 1998

Healthcare and Medicine

American Medical Association Complete Guide to Women's Health
RA778 .A485 1996

American Medical Association Complete Guide to Men's Health
RA777.8 .A46 2001

Handbook of Gender, Culture, and Health
RA418 .H27 1999


The new Harvard Guide to Women's Health
RA778 .C2164 2004

Men's Health Concerns Sourcebook
RA776.5 .M457 1998

Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network
http://www.asaging.org/networks/lgain/

The National Women's Health Information Center
http://www.4woman.gov/

NCHS - Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/chartbook.htm

Our bodies, ourselves: a new edition for a new era
RA778 .N49 2005   

Nutrition for Women
RA778 .S647 1993

The Universe of Women's Health
http://www.obgyn.net/

Women's Health Concerns Sourcebook
RA778 .W7543 1997

Women's Health Data Book
RA408.W65 W66 2002

Women's Health Initiative
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/

History

American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/

Chronology of Women's History
HQ1121 .O47 1994

The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
HQ1410 .C85 1996

Feminist Chronicles: 1953-1993
Ref HQ1420 .C37 1993

GLBT Historical Society
http://www.glbthistory.org/

A history of women in the United States : state-by-state reference
HQ1410 .H58 2004

Historical dictionary of the lesbian liberation movement : still the rage
HQ76.5 .M94 2003

Lesbian Herstory Archives
http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America
HQ76.3.U5 E53 2004

Encyclopedia of women in American history
HQ1410 .E53 2002

National Women's History Museum
http://www.nwhm.org/

Out of the Past: 400 Years of Lesbian and Gay History in America
http://www.pbs.org/outofthepast/

People with a History: Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans* History
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/

Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
HQ1410 .R43 1998

Routledge historical atlas of women in America
HQ1410 .P68 2000

The timetables of women's history
HQ1121 .G74 1994

Law

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/

Gay and Lesbian Politics and Law
http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtpol/

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Network
http://www.iglhrc.org/

Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org/

Lambda Legal
http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Simmons E-Resource

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
http://www.thetaskforce.org/

Women's legal guide
KF478 .W674 1996

Literature

American women writers : a critical reference guide from colonial times to the present
PS147 .A4

Black American women in literature : a bibliography, 1976 through 1987
PS153.N5 G57 1989

The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature
PN471 .B57 1992

Contemporary lesbian writers of the United States : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
PS153.L46 C65 1993

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Simmons E-Resource

Contemporary women poets
PS151 .C67 1998

An Encyclopedia of continental women writers
PN481 .E5 1991

The Feminist companion to literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present
PR111 .B57 1990

French women writers : a bio-bibliographical source book
PQ149 .F73 1991

Gay and Lesbian Literature
PN56.H57 G36

Gay and lesbian literary heritage : a reader's companion to the writers and their works, from antiquity to the present
PN56.H57 G365 2002

Harlem Renaissance and beyond : literary biographies of 100 Black women writers, 1900-1945
PS153.N5 R65 1990

LION Literature
Simmons E-Resource

Lambda Literary Foundation
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/

MLA Bibliography
Simmons E-Resource

Modern American women writers
PS151 .M54 1991

Nineteenth-century American women writers : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
PS217.W64 N56 1997

Poetry by American women, 1900-1975 : a bibliography
PS303 .R42 1979

Poetry by American women, 1975-1989 : a bibliography
PS303 .R42 1990

Spanish American women writers : a bio-bibliographical source book
PQ7081 .S62 1990

Toward a feminist tradition : an annotated bibliography of novels in English by women, 1891-1920
PR1110.W6 D34 1982

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
PN94 .T83

Mental Health

Feminism and Psychoanalysis: a Critical Dictionary
BF175.4.F45 F462 1992

Handbook of counseling and psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients
BF637.C6 H3125 2000

Handbook of Counseling Women
RC451.4.W6 H36 2003

Handbook of psychotherapy and religious diversity
RC489.R46 H36 2000

Psychology of women : a handbook of issues and theories
HQ1206 .P747 1992

Women and women's issues : a handbook of tests and measures
BF175 .B43 1979

Spirituality and Religion

Encyclopedia of African and African-American religions
BL2462.5 .E53 2001

Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit : gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore
BL795.H6 C65 1997

Encyclopedia of women and world religion
BL458 .E53 1999

Gays for God
http://www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/gfg/blgfg.htm

Human values and beliefs: a cross-cultural sourcebook
HM73 .I544 1998

Religion : a cross-cultural encyclopedia
BL80.2 .L463 1996

Women's Issues

The American Woman
HQ1420 .A53 2001-02

Feminism and Women's Issues: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide
Ref HQ1206 .W37 1990

The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide
HQ1115 .G74 2003

Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global women's issues and knowledge
HQ1115 .R69 2000

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